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U &i^OM^M cu>P^
DO Ivor i^e^cnye
Reagan vs.
Mondale
p.3
LoncJon Bridge Will Rock P-7
_^i.oNt.D>g;^
A3R0 Vrree, 3i
Tae Kwon Do Hits Campus p. 10
Regents Award Construction Contract for UC
Will consider divestiture of South African investments in December
J ..., „ . UT investments in South Africa suo-
Alliance again protested UT System in-
computer science, and ministrative positions.
I>y Stephanie Hernandez
Ouring its twnonttily meeting Oct 11 and 12 In Dallas, the Board of Regents approved Carta Bianca Corporation's low bki of $3,857,333 for construction of the new University Center building. According to Buddy Gibson, student ; body president at UT Dallas, the $3.86 tnHHon irKludes $12,400 for "sliding louvw pocKet doors."
The project cost had previously t>een approved at $5 0 million, but this figure includes interior furnishings
High tM was H.B. Zachary company's projection of $4,307,000.
While memtMfS of tt>e Black Students'
vestments in apartheid South Africa, the Board of Regents staled that "divestiture is under consideration." The Land and Investment Committee says that it is nearing a recommendation con¬ cerning divestiture, which it will an¬ nounce lor the Board's consideration during its Decemtier meeting in El Paso. On August 28, The Paisano quoted Chairman John P. Newton who explain¬ ed that 27 percent of the UT System's $2 2 billion Investment portfolio "is
related to companies doing business in South Africa "
sidize aparttieid, ttie brutal South African system of racial discrimination.
In other action, the Regents approved two new master's programs : 8«ology and biotechnology.' Ttie geology program would piece special emphasis on water resources, including toxic waste di^aal, and would build heavily on existing institu¬ tional strengths in geology, ctiemistry. physics, mattimatics, computer science, biology, and engineering.
Biotechnology will be structured around a comprehensive core cur-
Black student protesters contend that riculum ttiat encompasses key areas in
biology, statistics.
This foHows a plan in the Target '90 program of Mayor Henry Q. Cisneros to develop technology, and more specifically btotechnotogy. as a maior thrust for the future in San Antonio.
knplementatkxi of both programs is anticipated for 1085-86. but must await the final approval of the Coordinating Board of the Texas College aid Univer¬ sity System.
Beryl Milburn, memtier of the Board of Regents, called on feltow Regents and presidents of the component institutions of The University of Texas System Oct. 12 to identify, develop and train women for increasingly responsible ad-
"Where necessary, this effort must begin at the level of department chairs. deans and assistant deans to give women the experience and background to become senior administrators," she said, adding.
"I deplore the void currently existing in nearly all of our institutions in senior ad¬ ministrative positions which are filled by women. The deficiency is not only in The University of Texas System but ex¬ ists throughout the State's system of senior colleges and universities.
Making a k)ng-expected move, the Regents adopted a resolution suppor¬ ting passage of Proposltk>n Two on the
l^tovemtier balkat, the "PUF" Amend¬ ment."
On Oct 11, Newton commented con¬ cerning PropositkMi Two "The approval of this Constituttonal Amendment wi have a maior positive impact on putiKc higher education in Texas . . I know of no more important issue toward which we stiould combine our very best ef¬ forts. We urge the active support of all Texans and encourage their active par¬ ticipation in this critical election issue." He concluded by saying that "We have in Texas quality students and quality faculties, and the adoption of Proposi¬ tion Two will enat>le this quality to t>a maintained throughout our state."
PAi^^nO
Serving the University of Texas at San Antonio Community
TUESDAY
October 23, 1984
Volume 4, Number 15
^^^-
SRA Promotes BestFest, 'Dead Days'
Alpha Lambda Delta and Pre-Nursing Society requests funds
by Tom Baiiey
BestFest. the annuai student festival of the SRA. wHI start at 12pm on Friday. Oct. 26. Cash prizes of $75, $50, and $25 WiH be awarded in a bast booth competitton. Also. $50. $25. and $10 will go to the persona wearing ttie tiest costumes.
Judges for the contests are Greg Stevens and Stephen O'Sellers, hosts of ttie Rude Awakening on KISS radto. and Bruce Cafes, host of Kaleidoscope on KENS-TV. Datme SIpes and Jeff Roet. facufiy advisors to ttie SRA, will also judge.
BestFest taa-ahlrts wHI be presented to ttie first and aecond place finisher* in the dance contest. The Secret, a tocal band, will play from 1 pm until the festival closes at 5pm.
In its Oct. 17 meeting, tfie SFM was
addressed by Sam Raybom. vice- presktent of Alptia Lambda [}elta. the freshman honor society. He asked the SRA to contribute $2000 to the society's 1985 seminar entitled '"Celebrating Creativity". The seminar is a one day event scheduled for Feb. 22, 1985
The SRA donated $2000 to the society's 1984 seminar entitled "1984: You Are Tfiere". Alpha Lamtida Delta spent $1774.40 of the $2000 con¬ tributed by the SRA
Ttie total cost ol last year's semlnsr was $3050. Addittonal funds were donated by ttie society's district offtoe.
The 1965 seminar has a tjudget of $8000. Ttie big expense is $5500 set aside for a Keynote speaker. There was not a keynote speaker last year. Ttie society will soHcit additkinal funds from
the tocal community. The seminar will be heto at UTSA.
Also on Oct. 17, Bob Leach, presi¬ dent of the newly founded Pre-Nui sing Society, requested a donation of $100 to fund advertising for a canned food drive. The drive is planned for Nov. 5-7 at UTSA. The Pre-Nursing Society ha-s asked the San Antonto Food Bank to transport and distribute the donatec food.
Ttie SRA waits at least one week before discussing and voting on money approprlattons.
The SRA had scheduled an in-house election to otioos* a Sophomore ftepreaantative on Oct. 17. Because no sophomore filed for candidacy, the elec¬ tion was postponed until Oct. 24. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Ltoyd Cotton.
A committee has been formed by ttie SRA to formulate an initial proposal to schedule "dead days at the university The two or three day period is con¬ sidered "dead" because they fall bet¬ ween the end of classes and the tjeginn- ing of exams The intent is lo provide ad¬ ditional study time for university students
Mike Perez. "Dead Days" committee chairman, said, "The first step is for¬ mulating the proposal After that, the proposal will go through a student referendum, the University Assemtily. the administratton. and then to ttie Board of Regents." Because the university has scfieduled classes and exams through the summer of 1986, the com¬ mittee wlll make its proposal for ttie fall semester of 1986
De La Vina Chosen For Governor's Council
Committee will design executive development program
by Stephanie Hernandez
Forensics Takes Off
Places in both team and individual events
by Chrlatophar Lee
UTSA's forensics team has taken off on tfieir quest for a nattonal rating of first place. In ttieir first nattonal-level touma¬ ment, sponsored by Oklatioma Christian College Oct. 4-6, sentor Gary Kitchen and freatvnan Suzette Lamson captured second place in tfie cross-examkiatton detMte diviston.
Out of 52 competing team^ in the event. UTSA was second only to top- rviked UCLA.
Additionally. Kitchen secured ttie se¬ cond place spe^ker-detiater award.
"We're off to a great start." sato Skip Eno. forensics team sponsor, fter the OkWioma tournament. "This ^ear the UTSA team includes several freshmen
who garnered top state honors while participating in high school forensics. and we're all working to tiring home a nattonal first place trophy."
At Sam Houston State University in the first regional tournament Oct. 12-14, Esther Magatoni took first place out of a field of over 100 in the individual event of poetic interpretation
The next competition is slated for Oct. 27-29 at Colorado College in Cotorado Springs. The team looks forward to this competition with tiigh hopes, for it is an important national competitton.
Last year, the UTSA forensics team ranked ninth In a field of 400 schools na¬ tionwide. At present, they are ranked twelfth in ttie natton.
Dr. Unda Y. De La Viib. assistant pro¬ fessor of economics, was chosen to serve on the Governor's State Executive Devetopment Advisory Council. She was also named chairperson of the Need Assessment Committee.
The council, established by Governor Mark White earlier ttiis year, wiH work with the Texas State Management [Devetopment Center to devetop a com¬ prehensive executive training and devekipment system for ttie state of Texas.
It also wlH review programs designed to improve the management of state government and recommend a system of awards for state emptoyees wtio tiave made outstanding contributtons toward improved efftoiency and effectiveness of Texas state government.
Directors of public agencies command budgets of milltons of dollars annually
and are responsible for numerous tiranch agencies scattered ttiroughout the state. Although in responsibiHty these directors are the equivalent to chief executive officers of firms in the private sector, there presently does not exist a management training program for individuals In the highest level of state govemment as there is for executives in the private sector.
To accomplish this, the Need Assess¬ ment Committee has emtiarked on a three-phase study. During the first ptiase. ttiey will survey executives of ttie 14 largest state agencies, which en¬ compass 90 percent of the state's emptoyees. De La Vina will then evaluate the Information that is gathered.
"Our ultimate goal." said De La Vina, "Is to completely professionalize state execufives, much like a CEO in the
private sector would be devetoped and, essenNaNy, nurtured."
The second phase consists of extrac¬ ting information from the Texas Emptoyee Attitude Survey, an extremely comprehensive study done eariier this yesr at UT Austin.
The Committee wiH be comparing the executive devetopment programs in private Industry and those in other states to find ideas that are best suited to the needs of the State of Texas.
De La VlfVa was assistant director of San Antonto's Human Management Pro¬ gram before she became an instructor at UTSA. She currenfiy does Indus ,al emptoyment forecasting for San Antonto under the ausptoes of UTSA's Research Center for Studies and Business.
The UT Board of Regents granted ap¬ proval Oct. 12 for De Lji Vlpfa to serve on the advisory council.
Dr. Lynda Y. De La ViRa, asaiatant professor of economics. Joins Ann Richards, stata treasurer, William Cunningham, daan of tha college of business administration al UT Austin, and others In serving on the Governor's State Exeuctlve Development Advisory Council.
Water Resources Seminar Slated for Gunter
AUSTIN. Texas (Spl.)—A three day symposkjm on water resources, enfiUed "Groundwater, ttie Unseen Crisis," wlH be hekl Oct 29-31 at the Gunter Hotel.
The symposium is sponsored jointly by ttie Center for Research In Water Resources at Ttie University of Texas at Austtn and the Texas Water Resources Institute of Texas AAM University.
Ttie symposium concerns one of ttie most crittoal issues in Texas, tjecause
many regtons of ttie state are largely dependent on groundwater supplies.
Tehnical papers wHI be given during five tiaif-day sessions. The foltowing topics wlU t>e addressed:
—"Overview and Current Outtook,"' a retrospective analysis focusing on ttie problams ahead, including the status of groundwater and Legislative Inifiatives.
—"Ttie Regtonal Aquifers—Tfieir Uni-
Sagan Blasts Nuke Policy
Gary Kltoliene captured aecond piece aa apealier-delMtar end, with partner Suxelle Lameon, tooli aecond place in croaa examination debet* durinf e natlonei tareneiee toumement in Olilalwme reoent- ly.
The "Showman of Science." Cart Sagan, lectured a; Laurie Auditorium on Thursday night, Oct. 18. Sagan, a na- tkxwlly renowned astronomer, Pulitzer prize winning auttior. and PBS celebrity, titled his speech "Origins of Ufe."
Indeed, ttie first tialf of his lecture was a gHb overview of titotogical Hfe. whtoh Sagan termed, "an expresston of com¬ plex molecules."
Sagan took tils audience on an Im¬ aginary trip ttirough the cosmos In search of organto moleculaa and their origins.
His first stop was Mars, whtoh tie descritied in detaH.
Concluding that "there Is nothing Hke compelling evMance for Hfe on Mara,"
Sagan went on to ctiart the course of organto molecules through tfie cosmos.
Despite his assertton that the galaxies are richly endowed with the necesaary organic Ingredients of Hving matter. Sagan contended ttiat, "Hfe Is not guaranteed; Hfe Is not Inevitable.
After describing the distributton of organto molecules In ttie universe. Sagan outlined their evolutton here on earth, noNng "how sensitive it (earth) can tie to ttia dapredatton of Its In- hatiitants."
hiaving consumed ttie first tialf of his
Hme descrtoing the origins of Hfe. Sagan
used ttie remainder of his lecture to
detail ttia knmlnant destructton of Hfe on
See SAGAN, page 4
que Problems." Regional aquifers in¬ clude the Edwards, the Ogallala, the coastal aquifers, and interstate and in¬ ternational aquifers.
—""Policies, Laws and Institu¬ ttons—Searching for Solutions," public policy and legal issues in solving groundwater protiiems
—""Groundwater Contamina- fion—Monitoring, Analysis and Control," groundwater quality issues associated with mining, toxic wastes cleanup and related problems.
—"Groundwater Management and Conservation," large-scale aquifer management, conjunctive use, optimiza¬
tion cpodels. secondary recover and other topics.
Sen Tati Santiesteban chairman of ttie Joint Committee on Water Resources, will speak on the topic "Legislative In¬ itiatives"" at a luncheon on Oct. 29.
A registration tee of $75 includos the symposium, refreshments and a copy of the proceedings, but does not include the luncheon Tickets for the luncheons can be guaranteed only by pre- registratton.
For more information, call Dr. Ernest Smerdon, Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources, (512) 835-3112
White Joins Fight Against Child Abuse
by Anite Valencia
AH people are victims of chlto atiuse tiecause ttiere is a strong Unk between chlkl atxisa and juvenUe deHnquency wid adult criminal bahavkir. Reports show that two-thirds of convtotsd first- degree murderers were vtotims of chiM abuae.
"We must stop tho seemingly unstop¬ pable monster," stressed Unda Gall White, Texas's first lady who heads a massive campaign against chlkj abuse. "It la an unbreakabto cycle because vto¬ tims often grow up to become perpetrators of the same abuae."
See WHITE, page 4

U &i^OM^M cu>P^
DO Ivor i^e^cnye
Reagan vs.
Mondale
p.3
LoncJon Bridge Will Rock P-7
_^i.oNt.D>g;^
A3R0 Vrree, 3i
Tae Kwon Do Hits Campus p. 10
Regents Award Construction Contract for UC
Will consider divestiture of South African investments in December
J ..., „ . UT investments in South Africa suo-
Alliance again protested UT System in-
computer science, and ministrative positions.
I>y Stephanie Hernandez
Ouring its twnonttily meeting Oct 11 and 12 In Dallas, the Board of Regents approved Carta Bianca Corporation's low bki of $3,857,333 for construction of the new University Center building. According to Buddy Gibson, student ; body president at UT Dallas, the $3.86 tnHHon irKludes $12,400 for "sliding louvw pocKet doors."
The project cost had previously t>een approved at $5 0 million, but this figure includes interior furnishings
High tM was H.B. Zachary company's projection of $4,307,000.
While memtMfS of tt>e Black Students'
vestments in apartheid South Africa, the Board of Regents staled that "divestiture is under consideration." The Land and Investment Committee says that it is nearing a recommendation con¬ cerning divestiture, which it will an¬ nounce lor the Board's consideration during its Decemtier meeting in El Paso. On August 28, The Paisano quoted Chairman John P. Newton who explain¬ ed that 27 percent of the UT System's $2 2 billion Investment portfolio "is
related to companies doing business in South Africa "
sidize aparttieid, ttie brutal South African system of racial discrimination.
In other action, the Regents approved two new master's programs : 8«ology and biotechnology.' Ttie geology program would piece special emphasis on water resources, including toxic waste di^aal, and would build heavily on existing institu¬ tional strengths in geology, ctiemistry. physics, mattimatics, computer science, biology, and engineering.
Biotechnology will be structured around a comprehensive core cur-
Black student protesters contend that riculum ttiat encompasses key areas in
biology, statistics.
This foHows a plan in the Target '90 program of Mayor Henry Q. Cisneros to develop technology, and more specifically btotechnotogy. as a maior thrust for the future in San Antonio.
knplementatkxi of both programs is anticipated for 1085-86. but must await the final approval of the Coordinating Board of the Texas College aid Univer¬ sity System.
Beryl Milburn, memtier of the Board of Regents, called on feltow Regents and presidents of the component institutions of The University of Texas System Oct. 12 to identify, develop and train women for increasingly responsible ad-
"Where necessary, this effort must begin at the level of department chairs. deans and assistant deans to give women the experience and background to become senior administrators," she said, adding.
"I deplore the void currently existing in nearly all of our institutions in senior ad¬ ministrative positions which are filled by women. The deficiency is not only in The University of Texas System but ex¬ ists throughout the State's system of senior colleges and universities.
Making a k)ng-expected move, the Regents adopted a resolution suppor¬ ting passage of Proposltk>n Two on the
l^tovemtier balkat, the "PUF" Amend¬ ment."
On Oct 11, Newton commented con¬ cerning PropositkMi Two "The approval of this Constituttonal Amendment wi have a maior positive impact on putiKc higher education in Texas . . I know of no more important issue toward which we stiould combine our very best ef¬ forts. We urge the active support of all Texans and encourage their active par¬ ticipation in this critical election issue." He concluded by saying that "We have in Texas quality students and quality faculties, and the adoption of Proposi¬ tion Two will enat>le this quality to t>a maintained throughout our state."
PAi^^nO
Serving the University of Texas at San Antonio Community
TUESDAY
October 23, 1984
Volume 4, Number 15
^^^-
SRA Promotes BestFest, 'Dead Days'
Alpha Lambda Delta and Pre-Nursing Society requests funds
by Tom Baiiey
BestFest. the annuai student festival of the SRA. wHI start at 12pm on Friday. Oct. 26. Cash prizes of $75, $50, and $25 WiH be awarded in a bast booth competitton. Also. $50. $25. and $10 will go to the persona wearing ttie tiest costumes.
Judges for the contests are Greg Stevens and Stephen O'Sellers, hosts of ttie Rude Awakening on KISS radto. and Bruce Cafes, host of Kaleidoscope on KENS-TV. Datme SIpes and Jeff Roet. facufiy advisors to ttie SRA, will also judge.
BestFest taa-ahlrts wHI be presented to ttie first and aecond place finisher* in the dance contest. The Secret, a tocal band, will play from 1 pm until the festival closes at 5pm.
In its Oct. 17 meeting, tfie SFM was
addressed by Sam Raybom. vice- presktent of Alptia Lambda [}elta. the freshman honor society. He asked the SRA to contribute $2000 to the society's 1985 seminar entitled '"Celebrating Creativity". The seminar is a one day event scheduled for Feb. 22, 1985
The SRA donated $2000 to the society's 1984 seminar entitled "1984: You Are Tfiere". Alpha Lamtida Delta spent $1774.40 of the $2000 con¬ tributed by the SRA
Ttie total cost ol last year's semlnsr was $3050. Addittonal funds were donated by ttie society's district offtoe.
The 1965 seminar has a tjudget of $8000. Ttie big expense is $5500 set aside for a Keynote speaker. There was not a keynote speaker last year. Ttie society will soHcit additkinal funds from
the tocal community. The seminar will be heto at UTSA.
Also on Oct. 17, Bob Leach, presi¬ dent of the newly founded Pre-Nui sing Society, requested a donation of $100 to fund advertising for a canned food drive. The drive is planned for Nov. 5-7 at UTSA. The Pre-Nursing Society ha-s asked the San Antonto Food Bank to transport and distribute the donatec food.
Ttie SRA waits at least one week before discussing and voting on money approprlattons.
The SRA had scheduled an in-house election to otioos* a Sophomore ftepreaantative on Oct. 17. Because no sophomore filed for candidacy, the elec¬ tion was postponed until Oct. 24. The vacancy was created by the resignation of Ltoyd Cotton.
A committee has been formed by ttie SRA to formulate an initial proposal to schedule "dead days at the university The two or three day period is con¬ sidered "dead" because they fall bet¬ ween the end of classes and the tjeginn- ing of exams The intent is lo provide ad¬ ditional study time for university students
Mike Perez. "Dead Days" committee chairman, said, "The first step is for¬ mulating the proposal After that, the proposal will go through a student referendum, the University Assemtily. the administratton. and then to ttie Board of Regents." Because the university has scfieduled classes and exams through the summer of 1986, the com¬ mittee wlll make its proposal for ttie fall semester of 1986
De La Vina Chosen For Governor's Council
Committee will design executive development program
by Stephanie Hernandez
Forensics Takes Off
Places in both team and individual events
by Chrlatophar Lee
UTSA's forensics team has taken off on tfieir quest for a nattonal rating of first place. In ttieir first nattonal-level touma¬ ment, sponsored by Oklatioma Christian College Oct. 4-6, sentor Gary Kitchen and freatvnan Suzette Lamson captured second place in tfie cross-examkiatton detMte diviston.
Out of 52 competing team^ in the event. UTSA was second only to top- rviked UCLA.
Additionally. Kitchen secured ttie se¬ cond place spe^ker-detiater award.
"We're off to a great start." sato Skip Eno. forensics team sponsor, fter the OkWioma tournament. "This ^ear the UTSA team includes several freshmen
who garnered top state honors while participating in high school forensics. and we're all working to tiring home a nattonal first place trophy."
At Sam Houston State University in the first regional tournament Oct. 12-14, Esther Magatoni took first place out of a field of over 100 in the individual event of poetic interpretation
The next competition is slated for Oct. 27-29 at Colorado College in Cotorado Springs. The team looks forward to this competition with tiigh hopes, for it is an important national competitton.
Last year, the UTSA forensics team ranked ninth In a field of 400 schools na¬ tionwide. At present, they are ranked twelfth in ttie natton.
Dr. Unda Y. De La Viib. assistant pro¬ fessor of economics, was chosen to serve on the Governor's State Executive Devetopment Advisory Council. She was also named chairperson of the Need Assessment Committee.
The council, established by Governor Mark White earlier ttiis year, wiH work with the Texas State Management [Devetopment Center to devetop a com¬ prehensive executive training and devekipment system for ttie state of Texas.
It also wlH review programs designed to improve the management of state government and recommend a system of awards for state emptoyees wtio tiave made outstanding contributtons toward improved efftoiency and effectiveness of Texas state government.
Directors of public agencies command budgets of milltons of dollars annually
and are responsible for numerous tiranch agencies scattered ttiroughout the state. Although in responsibiHty these directors are the equivalent to chief executive officers of firms in the private sector, there presently does not exist a management training program for individuals In the highest level of state govemment as there is for executives in the private sector.
To accomplish this, the Need Assess¬ ment Committee has emtiarked on a three-phase study. During the first ptiase. ttiey will survey executives of ttie 14 largest state agencies, which en¬ compass 90 percent of the state's emptoyees. De La Vina will then evaluate the Information that is gathered.
"Our ultimate goal." said De La Vina, "Is to completely professionalize state execufives, much like a CEO in the
private sector would be devetoped and, essenNaNy, nurtured."
The second phase consists of extrac¬ ting information from the Texas Emptoyee Attitude Survey, an extremely comprehensive study done eariier this yesr at UT Austin.
The Committee wiH be comparing the executive devetopment programs in private Industry and those in other states to find ideas that are best suited to the needs of the State of Texas.
De La VlfVa was assistant director of San Antonto's Human Management Pro¬ gram before she became an instructor at UTSA. She currenfiy does Indus ,al emptoyment forecasting for San Antonto under the ausptoes of UTSA's Research Center for Studies and Business.
The UT Board of Regents granted ap¬ proval Oct. 12 for De Lji Vlpfa to serve on the advisory council.
Dr. Lynda Y. De La ViRa, asaiatant professor of economics. Joins Ann Richards, stata treasurer, William Cunningham, daan of tha college of business administration al UT Austin, and others In serving on the Governor's State Exeuctlve Development Advisory Council.
Water Resources Seminar Slated for Gunter
AUSTIN. Texas (Spl.)—A three day symposkjm on water resources, enfiUed "Groundwater, ttie Unseen Crisis," wlH be hekl Oct 29-31 at the Gunter Hotel.
The symposium is sponsored jointly by ttie Center for Research In Water Resources at Ttie University of Texas at Austtn and the Texas Water Resources Institute of Texas AAM University.
Ttie symposium concerns one of ttie most crittoal issues in Texas, tjecause
many regtons of ttie state are largely dependent on groundwater supplies.
Tehnical papers wHI be given during five tiaif-day sessions. The foltowing topics wlU t>e addressed:
—"Overview and Current Outtook,"' a retrospective analysis focusing on ttie problams ahead, including the status of groundwater and Legislative Inifiatives.
—"Ttie Regtonal Aquifers—Tfieir Uni-
Sagan Blasts Nuke Policy
Gary Kltoliene captured aecond piece aa apealier-delMtar end, with partner Suxelle Lameon, tooli aecond place in croaa examination debet* durinf e natlonei tareneiee toumement in Olilalwme reoent- ly.
The "Showman of Science." Cart Sagan, lectured a; Laurie Auditorium on Thursday night, Oct. 18. Sagan, a na- tkxwlly renowned astronomer, Pulitzer prize winning auttior. and PBS celebrity, titled his speech "Origins of Ufe."
Indeed, ttie first tialf of his lecture was a gHb overview of titotogical Hfe. whtoh Sagan termed, "an expresston of com¬ plex molecules."
Sagan took tils audience on an Im¬ aginary trip ttirough the cosmos In search of organto moleculaa and their origins.
His first stop was Mars, whtoh tie descritied in detaH.
Concluding that "there Is nothing Hke compelling evMance for Hfe on Mara,"
Sagan went on to ctiart the course of organto molecules through tfie cosmos.
Despite his assertton that the galaxies are richly endowed with the necesaary organic Ingredients of Hving matter. Sagan contended ttiat, "Hfe Is not guaranteed; Hfe Is not Inevitable.
After describing the distributton of organto molecules In ttie universe. Sagan outlined their evolutton here on earth, noNng "how sensitive it (earth) can tie to ttia dapredatton of Its In- hatiitants."
hiaving consumed ttie first tialf of his
Hme descrtoing the origins of Hfe. Sagan
used ttie remainder of his lecture to
detail ttia knmlnant destructton of Hfe on
See SAGAN, page 4
que Problems." Regional aquifers in¬ clude the Edwards, the Ogallala, the coastal aquifers, and interstate and in¬ ternational aquifers.
—""Policies, Laws and Institu¬ ttons—Searching for Solutions," public policy and legal issues in solving groundwater protiiems
—""Groundwater Contamina- fion—Monitoring, Analysis and Control," groundwater quality issues associated with mining, toxic wastes cleanup and related problems.
—"Groundwater Management and Conservation," large-scale aquifer management, conjunctive use, optimiza¬
tion cpodels. secondary recover and other topics.
Sen Tati Santiesteban chairman of ttie Joint Committee on Water Resources, will speak on the topic "Legislative In¬ itiatives"" at a luncheon on Oct. 29.
A registration tee of $75 includos the symposium, refreshments and a copy of the proceedings, but does not include the luncheon Tickets for the luncheons can be guaranteed only by pre- registratton.
For more information, call Dr. Ernest Smerdon, Director of the Center for Research in Water Resources, (512) 835-3112
White Joins Fight Against Child Abuse
by Anite Valencia
AH people are victims of chlto atiuse tiecause ttiere is a strong Unk between chlkl atxisa and juvenUe deHnquency wid adult criminal bahavkir. Reports show that two-thirds of convtotsd first- degree murderers were vtotims of chiM abuae.
"We must stop tho seemingly unstop¬ pable monster," stressed Unda Gall White, Texas's first lady who heads a massive campaign against chlkj abuse. "It la an unbreakabto cycle because vto¬ tims often grow up to become perpetrators of the same abuae."
See WHITE, page 4